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Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is scheduled to give a speech at the European Central Bank Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal, on Wednesday.
Investing.com -- Nike beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted profit on Tuesday, helped by growth in its wholesale business and a one-time tariff-related benefit, even as its direct-to-consumer business remained under pressure.
Investing.com -- Federal Aviation Administration workers cannot purchase or own shares in SpaceX following the company's public debut earlier this month, Politico reported Tuesday citing an internal agency document.
Net sales in the quarter tallied $10.97 billion, down 1 percent from the same time last year.
Costco (NASDAQ:COST) and Target (NYSE:TGT) both delivered post-earnings stories that capture the split running through American retail. Costco posted 11.6% revenue growth on the back of a membership cash engine. Target turned in a 17.03% EPS beat, yet operating income fell. With sticky June inflation and dwindling personal savings squeezing households, the contrast matters. Membership ... Costco vs. Target: One Retailer Is A Much Stronger Buy In 2026
According to a Reuters report, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is drafting a rule that would apply to new foreign inverter models and could be published as early as this year.
(Bloomberg) -- China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. is ramping up buybacks as its Hong Kong-listed shares struggle to recover from a selloff that’s wiped out about $309 billion in market value since early October.Most Read from BloombergTrump’s U-Turn on Iran Sanctions Would Unravel Decades of CurbsUS Stocks Get Tech Boost After AI-Fueled Selloff: Markets WrapCook Stays at Fed But Trump Wins Power Over Other AgenciesYen Hits Four-Decade Low in Historic Slide That’s Rattled JapanSupreme Court Leaves Tru
The annual stress test modeled a sharp economic shock, including steep declines in commercial real estate and home prices, with unemployment surging to 10%, the Fed detailed in its results. All 32 of the nation's largest banks survived the hypothetical downturn, absorbing more than $708 billion in ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday defended the administration’s aggressive trade policies, unveiling a comprehensive “3 through 3” economic blueprint designed to sustain high GDP growth while neutralizing “structural inflation.” Deconstructing critics’ claims that import penalties harm American consumers, Bessent...
For most of the last decade, one promise held across the technology aisle. You paid a premium for the best-built hardware, and in exchange the number on the price tag held still. That stability was never an accident. It was a product, engineered as carefully as the devices themselves. Tariffs came ...
JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America see stronger dollar prospects amid resilient US growth and AI-driven capital inflows.
<body><p>STORY: From Micron's mega market cap to Apple's price hikes...</p><p>...this is the Week in Numbers.</p><p>:: The Week in Numbers</p><p>:: $1.4 trillion.</p><p>About $1.4 trillion was Micron's market cap after it briefly blew past the value of Meta and Tesla for the first time.</p><p>It came after the firm forecast quarterly profit and revenue well above expectations.</p><p>Micron is a major memory-chip maker and a key supplier to AI titan Nvidia.</p><p>The company's shares have more than tripled in value so far this year, and soared close to a fifth following its results.</p><p>:: 5%</p><p>Almost 5% is how far Apple shares fell after it announced price hikes.</p><p>The tech giant said its cheapest laptop will jump from $599 to $699, with iPad prices also rising - although the iPhone won't jump for now.</p><p>Apple says it can no longer avoid passing on rising costs to consumers.</p><p>The price of memory chips jumped by around 98% in the first quarter, and has kept soaring due to the AI boom.</p><p>:: 42% </p><p>42% was how much shares of Wendy's soared as retail traders bought up the beaten-down stock in the latest meme-like rally.</p><p>Trading on the heavily shorted stock was paused multiple times due to volatility..</p><p>Shares briefly hit a more than seven-month high.</p><p>The fast food chain is battling weak sales and pressure from an activist investor, with its stock down more than 78% from record highs five years ago.</p><p>:: $648 billion</p><p>Almost $648 billion is how much Samsung plans to invest in South Korea over 10 years.</p><p>That's according to the Maeil Business Newspaper, which said the firm will announce its intentions on Monday.</p><p>The investment includes a potential $194 billion to build chip factories in the country's southwest, as well as plans for AI data centers, batteries and displays.</p><p>There was no immediate response to a request for comment from Samsung.</p><p>:: $606.5 million</p><p>And $606.5 million was H&M's operating profit during its fiscal second quarter.</p><p>That was smaller than expected for the Swedish fashion retailer.</p><p>H&M blamed weaker consumer demand and inflation made worse by the Iran war.</p><p>CEO Daniel Erver said Europe, particularly the western part of it, had gone through a difficult quarter.</p></body>
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<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow ticking up more than a tenth of a percent, while the S&P 500 closed flat and the Nasdaq dropped nearly half a percent.</p><p>Technology shares reversed early gains to move lower, as investors worried about hyperscaler spending on AI and who foots the bill.</p><p>:: Micron</p><p>Those fears outweighed upbeat signals on AI demand from Micron, which gained nearly 16%, while shares of Sandisk soared 22%.</p><p>Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, notes that it's memory chip makers that are now leading the charge. </p><p>"What's different about Micron, SanDisk, Western Digital, those types of names that are doing so well is that they're memory chips. And you have to have memory, specifically DRAM or H-band memory, if you're going to have enough computing power to do all the computations. That is nothing if you don't have memory to transfer it from one place to another. So one of the reasons that these stocks have done so well and the growth at Micron is so solid is because a recent redesign in the server technology means we go from eight memory chips per server to 96. That's 12 times growth in demand for this one simple component."</p><p>The surging prices of memory and storage chips prompted Apple on Thursday to hike prices for its iPads and MacBooks. That weighed on the stock, sending it down more than 6%. Shares of Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet also dropped.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Among other movers, shares of Bio-Techne jumped after Merck agreed to acquire the biotech firm for $73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of about $11.3 billion.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Meanwhile, U.S. Department of Commerce data on Thursday showed the annual inflation rate through May rose above 4% for the first time in three years, but oil prices this week fell to below pre-war levels.</p></body>
FedEx Freight which spun off from FedEx on June 1, beat analyst expectations for revenue in its first earnings report as a standalone company. Its fourth-quarter revenue came in at $2.4 billion, ahead of analyst estimates just shy of $2.3 billion. FedEx Freight focuses on less-than-truckload (LTL) deliveries to industrial customers that don’t need a full truck to send items short distances.
Eric Criscuolo, NYSE Market Strategist, recaps a volatile week as the S&P 500 declined amid weakness across mega-cap and AI-linked names. A growing divide within the AI trade emerged, with hyperscalers and software under pressure while memory and chip suppliers saw sharp swings. Despite index weakness, market internals held firm, with eight sectors higher and small caps outperforming. Rotation into Healthcare and Financials accelerated alongside falling oil prices, easing yields, and shifting Fed expectations. Focus now turns to quarter-end flows, key data including payrolls, and evolving AI spending trends.
US equity indexes were mixed on Thursday after Micron Technology's (MU) better-than-expected quarter
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From screen-time eyestrain to social media’s negative impact on mental health, there are plenty of reasons to get offline even as technology takes over more aspects of our lives. Off-price retailers like Ross Stores are living proof that analog can thrive in the age of e-commerce. Investors might be hesitant to invest in Ross Stores after the shares soared some 80% in the past year, but consider another double-digit number: 17%.
Major U.S. banks increased shareholder returns after the Federal Reserve’s stress test showed the sector remains strongly capitalized and resilient under severe economic conditions.
Nasdaq jumps amid revived confidence in the AI trade, as Fed-favored inflation print keeps rate hikes in play.
Micron surged overnight on strong earnings and guidance, lifting other memory and chip plays. The Fed's favorite inflation gauge is on tap.
Worries about inflation and Fed rate hikes are hurting gold. It’s no longer a haven. There could be more downside ahead.
Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, went on CNBC this morning with a message for retail investors. The Federal Reserve has flipped from an easing bias to a tightening bias, and Wren wants investors to treat the resulting wobble as an invitation rather than a warning shot. “You don’t want ... Wells Fargo’s Scott Wren to Retail Investors: Don’t Chase the Rally, Be Ready to Pounce on Dips
A recent purchase of EQT Corp. by a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is drawing attention after the Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker account noted the committee oversees the federal agency responsible for regulating natural gas pipelines. Pipeline Approvals In Focus The trade was made by Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-N.J.), who serves on the House committee that has oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Don’t Miss: A single bad hire can set a startup back years. Here
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